THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, January 16, 1996 TAG: 9601160317
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D1 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: DIGEST
LENGTH: Short : 21 lines
Contract Chemicals Ltd., based in Merseyside, England, will open a North American sales office in Richmond. Contract Chemicals manufactures fine and specialty chemicals used by the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, photographic and water treatment industries. Contract Chemicals will open a five-person office during 1996 and invest $500,000 over the next three years. It may try to locate a manufacturing facility in the United States within three to five years. The company employs 240 people and maintains three manufacturing sites in England. Its annual revenue totals nearly $50 million. (Staff) by CNB